Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Skylar Gray’s comforting yet assertive singing voice is already familiar to anyone who’s heard hits such as Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie,” Dr. Dre’s “I Need a Doctor,” or Diddy’s “Coming Home.” The singer/songwriter (who has previous recordings under her first and middle names, Holly Brook) is set to release her debut album as Skylar Grey. The lead single, “Invisible,” boasts all her trademarks — including a steady-flowing melody and a plaintive lyrical narrative — unified under a modern arrangement.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Surrey’s Jamie Woon calls his music groove-based vocal-led R&B. It’s an apt description because you could sequence his latest single “Lady Luck” between songs from blue-eyed soulsters Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke. Woon’s voice, a tingle-inducing falsetto, rides a thumping 808 with precision and flair as he describes the cruelty of said lady. Though his vocals are firmly grounded in soul, the spare dubstep track gives flight to this radio-friendly single.
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Matt Nathanson continues to navigate the rough waters of relationships on his trusty acoustic-guitar vessel, using the twin engines of intuition and passion to propel him across the folk-pop sea. Like The Gin Blossoms or Toad the Wet Sprocket, Nathanson combines bruised tales of life and interpersonal relationships with rocking arrangements. While the hit “Faster” shows he can embrace a perpetually perky side, “Mercy” conforms to his deep catalog of groovy, upbeat jams peppered by a slightly cynical worldview. “Mercy” appears on Nathanson’s latest album, Modern Love.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Singer/songwriter Andy Grammer performs with a crowd-rocking ambition that’s as rhythmic as it is effortless, drawing comparisons to John Legend, Maroon 5, and Jason Mraz. Grammer knocked it out on his first single, “Keep Your Head Up.” On “Miss Me,” Grammer goes for back-to-back jacks with a breakup song tinted with schadenfreude: You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone. Some people were just born to do it — that’s Andy Grammer. “Miss Me” appears on his self-titled album just in time for summer.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. South London rapper Tinie Tempah has his own vision of what the future of hip-hop holds: a diasporic perspective, a shiny electro finish, and a whole lot of pop song-craft, making him the British answer to Atlanta’s B.o.B. With an ethereal vocal assist from Ellie Goulding and electronic strings dialing up the energy, “Wonderman” leaps over tall building blocks of boom-bap in a single bound.
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